阝攵艹 Wedding Planner

These are the characters in this series. To see them put together in a story, click on the image above to access the pdf. Then review and quiz yourself at the bottom.

block [v.]
阝 + 且
pinnacle + shelves

The pinnacle decor item for blocking ugly views: the shelf—it can be decorated!

jiù

rescue
求qiú + 攵
request + taskmaster

It is my request, taskmaster, that you rescue my daughter from herself.

zhuì

plunge [v.]
队duì + 土
team + soil

you go down with the team (plunge into the soil) OR The bride pictures her team plunging into a ditch which she is covering with soil.

nèn

tender
女 + 束 + 攵
woman + bundle + taskmaster

At this tender age, it is better for a wedding taskmaster to provide the whole bundle. Too many decisions for you to make.

yǐn

hidden
阝 + 急jí
pinnacle + anxious

A veil is the pinnacle tool for hiding your anxiety.

occasion [n.]
阝 + 示
pinnacle + altar

Coming to the altar is the pinnacle occasion of your life. (Wedding Planner)

separate [v.]
阝 + 鬲gé
pinnacle + pressure cooker

Both separation and quarantining together are the pinnacle pressure cookers for relationships. OR (glancing over the shoulder of the bride looking at an appliance catalogue) “The pinnacle appliance to have during quarantine is a pressure cooker.”

zhèn

battle formation
阝 + 车
pinnacle + vehicle

A vehicle at the pinnacle of a battle formation.

ruò

as if
艹 + 右yòu
flowers + right

If we put flowers on the right, they will cover up the speaker.

mǐn

sensitive
每měi + 攵
every + taskmaster

Every taskmaster must be sensitive to a bride’s true needs (not just what she says she wants).

suì

tunnel [n.]
阝 + 遂suì
pinnacle + satisfy

The pinnacle of satisfaction for the groom is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, when you are on the road to Hawaii. (picture a luau with a roasted horned pig)

jìng

revere
艹 + 句jù + 攵
flowers + sentence + taskmaster

What does a wedding taskmaster revere? Perfect flowers, perfect sentences.

cǎo

*flowers

derivative: 1 *bouquet; “草字头”

land [n.]
阝fù + 击
pinnacle + beat

pinnacle "achievement" of colonization: beating the land into submission OR Bouquet compost is our our pinnacle contribution to reclaiming the land.

liǎn

restrain
佥qiān + 攵
barn + taskmaster

Mother of the bride says, "I will restrain her from mentioning the barn venue idea again. We leave everything to you, taskmaster."

beat [v.]
(二丨) + 凵
bouquet + pit

At the end of the night, all bouquets will be tossed in the pit and be beaten until they are ready for the compost.

enemy
舌 + 攵
tongue + taskmaster

You deserve a tongue-lashing! She is not your enemy!

chè

remove
扌 + 育 + 攵
hand + education + taskmaster

Mother removes herself from the planning of the wedding and hands over the education of her daughter on the subject of weddings to the taskmaster.

yīn

Yin
阝 + 月
pinnacle + moon

pinnacles have a sunny and shady side, Yin-Yang is the pinnacle philosophy of balance

The pinnacle philosophy at play in planning this event is the balance of yin and yang. We’ll rely on it for decor, food choices, background music, everything! The ceremony during the day will balance with the reception at night.” (bride in a white wedding dress with groom in black tux and bride in a black evening gown with groom in white tux.)

*pinnacle

on the left side of the character; “左耳旁”

wēi

tiny
彳 + 山 + 一 + 几 + 攵
queue + mountain + one/ceiling + wind + taskmaster

Hunger Games: the tiny people line up for a chance to feel the mountain wind but a taskmaster turns them away

The tiny scene he is watching is put in motion by the wind. Tiny ants have lined up in a queue, and he is ordering them to march up a mountain of sand, but it is really the wind who is taskmaster, blowing them up and over the hill. (Hat in the Wind)

Taskmaster has thought of everything! There will be a tiny display on top of the mountain of a wedding cake. Tiny figurines: the wedding queue (you, the groom and all your attendants) with a hidden fan that will blow one puff of wind every 15 seconds to rustle your tiny veil.” (Wedding Planner)

chuán

spread [v.]
亻 + 专zhuān
persona + specialty/corsage

You! Corsage person! Please spread the corsages around to the men wearing tuxes.

jiàng

descend
阝 + 夂 + 㐄
pinnacle + walking legs + unicycle

You will begin your pinnacle descent by walking down to where the groom will meet you at the bottom on his unicycle.

xiǎn

perilous
阝 + 佥qiān
pinnacle + barn

perilous to be on the pinnacle of the barn OR Your barn venue idea would be perilous to the reputation of Pinnacle Weddings.

suí

as you wish
阝 + 有 + 辶
pinnacle + possess + road

A groom’s pinnacle display of the ‘as you wish’ attitude toward the bride is allowing her to possess the road. She walks down the aisle, not him.

zhì

bring about
至zhì + 攵
until + taskmaster

Until the taskmaster says it, it will not be brought about.

méi

rose
王 + 攵
jewel + taskmaster

Beauty and the Beast: the jewel with the rose and the Beast as taskmaster OR The jewel of all flowers is the rose, fitting for our beloved taskmaster.

mǎn

full
氵 + 艹 + 两
water + flowers + yoke

This flower display is called "the fulness of love": two buckets full of water and flowers hanging from a yoke

yìn

shady
艹 + 阴yīn
flowers + Yin

These flowers only bloom in the shade or at night.

xiào

effect [n.]
交jiāo + 攵
mingle + taskmaster

To create the effect that you care about your guests, the taskmaster has ordered mingling after the speeches.

chǎng

spacious
尚shàng + 攵
esteem + taskmaster

esteemed taskmaster gets a spacious office (with a little Yoda on her shelf)

fèng

proffer [v.]
𡗗 + (二丨)
bonsai + bouquet

two perfect gifts to proffer the bridesmaids

gǎn

brave [adj.]
ユ + 耳 + 攵
iron + ear + taskmaster

Be brave! Taskmaster is just going to iron the wrinkled ribbon by your ear.

péi

accompany
阝 + 咅pòu
pinnacle + comedian

At Pinnacle Weddings, we have a comedian on staff to accompany the children for entertainment during the reception.

chén

exhibit [v.]
阝 + 东dōng
pinnacle + east/rickshaw

The pinnacle entrance to the ceremony will be Miss Chen exhibited on a rickshaw.

耳东陈

bài

fail
贝bèi + 攵
shells + taskmaster

She will not fail, she cannot fail, or there will be no shells for the taskmaster.

lóu

*bride
米 + 女
rice + woman

the woman who gets rice thrown on her

yīng

England
艹 + 央yāng
flowers + center

Princess Di: English rose

In England, flowers are the center of the aesthetic: look at the flag.

lóu

multistory building
木 + 娄lóu
wood + bride

throwing rice on the bride from the second story of a wooden building

yōu

without haste
攸yōu + 心
senior taskmaster + heart

aging wedding taskmaster, approaches love without haste (finally gets married herself)

zhàng

barrier
阝 + 章zhāng
pinnacle + chapter

Pinnacle Weddings finds a certain chapter in the book Owning Your Wedding a barrier to success.

zhù

author [v.]
艹 + 者zhě
flowers + hero

The hero is honored as an author with a floral wreath OR Wedding florist is the author of your flower hero story. Yes, flowers can be the hero of a wedding, authoring a fairy tale event.

zhuān

specialty, *corsage
1 + 龴
bouquet + spear head

Our corsages have a signature style, using a spear head for a fastener. Grooms love the manly look. (Wedding Planner)

gǎi

alter
己 + 攵
snake + taskmaster

you alter the snake into a whip

The snake (in the Garden of Eden) hopes to alter the human condition by becoming the taskmaster.

to the taskmaster "You snake! You altered the plan on us!" (Wedding Planner)

zhǎn

unfold
尸 + 龷 + A
flag + flower arrangement + kerchief

Unfold the flag, exhibit the flower arrangement on top and place the school pictures (wearing kerchiefs) below.

xiàn

limit [n./v.]
阝 + 艮
pinnacle + silver

At Pinnacle Weddings, we put a limit on the silver you will spend.

The price of silver reached its limit, the pinnacle, in the 1890’s.

The pinnacle for him was a silver medal, his limit.

zhěng

entire
束 + 攵 + 正zhèng
bundle + taskmaster + correct

The taskmaster provides the entire wedding bundle. She’ll even correct your posture.

gōng

attack [v.]
工gōng + 攵
I-beam + taskmaster

The taskmaster attacks problems by working harder. (She is lifting an I-beam into place.)

jiē

stairs
阝 + 介jiè
pinnacle + introduce

At the pinnacle of the stairs is where we will introduce you to the crowd.

jià

marry
女 + 家jiā
woman + house

Traditionally, a Chinese woman is married to another house. OR The groom says "Hey, woman, you are coming home to my house tonight."

lucky
士 + 口
soldier + mouth

This lucky soldier got a kiss on his way to war.

dūn

candid
享 + 攵
enjoy + taskmaster

I’ll be candid with you, we both have strong personalities, but I've enjoyed working with the taskmaster ever since we met in London.

zhuǎn/zhuàn

rotate
车 + 专zhuān
vehicle + specialty/corsage

(seen rotating her vehicle) “Rotate! Forgot the corsages!”

luò

fall [v.]
艹 + 洛luò
flowers + L.A.

alternatively: 艹+氵+各 flowers + water + each, “Mist the flowers, so that each one drops when it gets enough water.”

zhèng

politics
正zhèng + 攵
correct + taskmaster

Who to choose in politics? The correct taskmaster. OR The taskmaster is simply correct, correct in her opinions, correct in her politics.

fáng

ward off
阝 + 方fāng
pinnacle + compass

Pinnacle Security: they will ward off wedding crashers from all compass directions.

1

*bouquet
flowers modified

fàng

release [v.]
方fāng + 攵
compass + taskmaster

The taskmaster releases the doves to the four compass directions.

yáng

Yang
阝 + 日
pinnacle + sun

pinnacles have a sunny and shady side, yin-yang is the pinnacle philosophy of balance

"The pinnacle philosophy at play in planning this event is the balance of yin and yang. We’ll rely on it for decor, food choices, background music, everything! The ceremony during the day will balance with the reception at night.” (bride in a white wedding dress with groom in black tux and bride in a black evening gown with groom in white tux.) (Wedding Planner)

shù

number [n.]
娄 + 攵
bride + taskmaster

"The bride does not control the numbers, the wedding taskmaster does." (Wedding Planner)

*flower arrangement
艹 + 一
flowers + floor

shōu

accept
丩jiū + 攵
horn + taskmaster

"(after being instructed to sound the horn to signal the bride’s entrance) 'I will accept this horn from the taskmaster and carry out my duties.'"(Wedding Planner)

jié

holiday
艹 + 卩jié
flowers + stamped

"Flowers decorate a stamped wedding invitation like being invited to a holiday party." (Wedding Planner)

lift up
兴 + 1
excitement + bouquet

"The excitement will build as you lift up the bouquet…" (Wedding Planner)

jiào

teach
孝xiào + 攵
filial piety + taskmaster

(Mother to her daughter) "You will be taught: filial piety to me and obedience to the taskmaster." (Wedding Planner)

duì

team
阝 + 人
pinnacle + person

a person can’t reach his pinnacle without a team

"At this pinnacle event (your wedding), your people are your team." (Wedding Planner)

times past
龷 + 日
flower arrangement + sun/day

"Sun-dried flower arrangements represent the glory of times past, a memory of this day forever on your shelf." (Wedding Planner)

bàn

half [n./adj.]
丷 + 1
“petals” + bouquet

bouquet split in half, so the petals are falling

"The flower girls will be given half-bouquets, that they will tear the petals from as they walk." (Wedding Planner)

yào

medicine
艹 + 约yuē
flowers + make an appointment

"These flowers are actually grown for medicine. I had to make an appointment with an herbalist to get them." (Wedding Planner)

alternatively: 艹 + 纟 + 勺 flowers + thread + ladle, traditional medicine made from flowers, tied up with thread, boil it and ladle out the soup

huā

flower [n.]
艹 + 化huà
flowers + transform

"Flowers can transform a relationship, transform an event." (Wedding Planner)

yuàn

Inst.
阝 + 完wán
pinnacle + finish

The Institute was the pinnacle of her studies, where she finished her PhD.

"Your life as a single person will finish at ‘The Institution of Marriage.’ It is the pinnacle representation of law and order and can be solemnized in a court of law." (Wedding Planner)

gòng

together
龷 + 八
flower arrangement + animal legs

together forever anniversary gifts: a flower arrangement or a small pet

"The wedding favor that guests will take home is a little wedding mouse with a flower arrangement on its head with a tag that reads, ‘Together Forever’." (Wedding Planner)

attach
阝 + 付fù
pinnacle + pay

I’m attached to my job. The pinnacle for me is when I get paid.

sǎn

scattered
龷 + 月 + 攵
flower arrangement + body part + taskmaster

"The taskmaster has instructed everyone to scatter the flower arrangements on your body as you dance." (Wedding Planner)

deliberately
古gǔ + 攵
ancient + taskmaster

ancient taskmaster, Socrates, deliberately almost drowned Plato, "When your desire for knowledge is like your desire for air, you are ready to learn."

to the taskmaster: “You deliberately used an ancient playlist for the dance, so people would lose interest and go home early.” (Wedding Planner)

ā

Ayi
阝 + 可
pinnacle + can

"Our ayis (cleaning staff) all exhibit the pinnacle of can-do attitudes." (Wedding Planner)

chú

eliminate
阝 + 余yú
pinnacle + excess

"Don’t worry (about the price tag), at Pinnacle Weddings we eliminate the excess." (Wedding Planner)

阝攵艹 Wedding Planner

Quiz

chuán

spread [v.]

yōu

without haste

zhuǎn/zhuàn

rotate

lóu

multistory building

fèng

proffer [v.]

separate [v.]

zhuì

plunge [v.]

zhèn

battle formation

gōng

attack [v.]

xiào

effect [n.]

*flower arrangement

xiàn

limit [n./v.]

fàng

release [v.]

chén

exhibit [v.]

bàn

half [n./adj.]

gǎn

brave [adj.]

zhuān

specialty, *corsage

occasion [n.]

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